Our too-nostalgic-for-his-own-good blogger/producer Jack Pickell listed his three favorite James Bond film title songs, now it's your turn.
Your favorite Bond song
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Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:10 AM EST
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:20 AM EST
Goldfinger. For me it captures all the glitzy glamor and world-threatening menace of the Bond movies.
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:38 AM EST
I'd go with McCartney and Wings doing "Live and let die".A special nod to Carly Simon's "Nobody does it better" from "The spy who loved me" which is a beautiful song
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:48 AM EST
A View to a Kill by Duran Duran
Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney
The original James Bond theme by John Barry. One of the iconic songs that if you hear the first few notes, you automatically know what it is.
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:48 AM EST
Live and Let Die
Nobody Does it Better
Goldfinger
(Honorable mention to Al Yankovic's Spy Hard)
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:50 AM EST
In response to CapeCodMan's comment:
The original James Bond theme by John Barry. One of the iconic songs that if you hear the first few notes, you automatically know what it is.
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 11:58 AM EST
I'll agree with those three (though less on Ms. Easton). "Nobody Does It Better" is just a great song, period, and one of the few which doesn't echo the movie title.
"The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage is a good tune, but I like Garbage anyway, so the movie connection for me is incidental (as is the film itself, which is kind of silly).
"You Only Live Twice" is underrated, IMO, but again, I'm a fan of Nancy Sinatra's voice.
Add:
"A View To A Kill" by Duran Duran
"You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell (an unexpected surprise)
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 12:00 PM EST
Favorite Bond song: Live and Let Die
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Favorite Character Name: Pussy Galore (I didn't make it up! GOLDFINGER)
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posted at 11/8/2012 1:26 PM EST
A View To A Kill is truly a great song. Duran, Duran gets a bad reputation of being too mainstream ...but I liked them anyway.
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posted at 11/8/2012 2:04 PM EST
My absolute favorite title song is from On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Composed by the great John Barry.
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posted at 11/8/2012 2:58 PM EST
In response to RogerTaylor's comment:
Favorite Bond song: Live and Let Die
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Favorite Character Name: Pussy Galore (I didn't make it up! GOLDFINGER)
They never topped Pussy Galore (and that was 1964!!!)They tried with (the AWFUL) Moonraker's Miss Goodhead
I would also add that as mad as we were with the auto-censor here, we can now say "pussy", without fear of infamy.
Pussy Pussy Pussy
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 3:28 PM EST
In response to GreginMeffa's comment:
In response to RogerTaylor's comment:
Favorite Bond song: Live and Let Die
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Favorite Character Name: Pussy Galore (I didn't make it up! GOLDFINGER)
They never topped Pussy Galore (and that was 1964!!!)They tried with (the AWFUL) Moonraker's Miss Goodhead
I would also add that as mad as we were with the auto-censor here, we can now say "pussy", without fear of infamy.
Pussy Pussy Pussy
***********************Well they did "kinda" top it in Austin Powers with "Ivanna Humpalot" and the Japanese twins "Fook Yu" and "Fook Mi" (Mi pronounced "me")
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 3:55 PM EST
Very underated song used for the end credits in "The Living Daylights" is "If there was a man" by The Pretenders
It was suppose to be the main theme but they changed their mind
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 8:48 PM EST
For Your Eyes Only -- Sheena Easton.
All Time High -- Rita Coolidge (from Octupuss), a very underrated song IMO.
Live and Let Die -- McCartney.
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/8/2012 9:20 PM EST
Great version of "Nobody does it better" from a concert at Martha's Vineyard:
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/9/2012 9:37 AM EST
Live and Let Die
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Re: Your favorite Bond song
posted at 11/9/2012 7:55 PM EST
We have all the time in the world by Louis Armstrong
It's not a title song but it is a James Bond theme song from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
I've loved Louie Armstrong since I discovered him in the encyclopedia in the 4th grade. He died that same year.